What is “Next-Generation PlanetScope imagery”?

Next-Generation PlanetScope imagery refers to improvements made to our flagship PlanetScope imagery on the sensor and hardware. These enhancements include:

• Color and vibrancy is improved, and imagery will look sharper and richer due to  narrower spectral response 
• Surface reflectance values are more accurate, improving quantitative analysis
• The footprint of a scene will double as the scene height will double.

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